Package buildengine.utils

Class AssetManager

java.lang.Object

buildengine.utils.AssetManager

public class AssetManager
extends Object

This class allows you to load assets and automatically saves it in cache.

Author:

Kai van Maurik

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method	Description
static AudioClip	getAudio(String path)	Gets an audio clip, either from cache by name, or from disk by path.
static BufferedImage	getImage(String path)	Gets an image, either from cache by name, or from disk by path.
static Animation	loadAnimation(String path, int speed, Dimension frameDimension)
static Animation	loadAnimation(String pathOrName, int speed, Dimension frameDimension, int startRow, int frameCount)	Load an animation from a 1-row sprite sheet
static SoundEffect	loadSoundEffect(String... names)

Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object

clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait

Method Details

getImage

public static BufferedImage getImage(String path)

Gets an image, either from cache by name, or from disk by path.

Parameters:

path - The name of the pre-loaded image, or the path to the newly loaded image.

getAudio

public static AudioClip getAudio(String path)

Gets an audio clip, either from cache by name, or from disk by path.

Parameters:

path - The name of the pre-loaded audio clip, or the path to the newly loaded audio clip.

loadAnimation

public static Animation loadAnimation(String pathOrName,
 int speed,
 Dimension frameDimension,
 int startRow,
 int frameCount)

Load an animation from a 1-row sprite sheet

Parameters:

pathOrName - The pathOrName to the sprite sheet

speed - The time in ms to the next frame

frameDimension - The dimension of one frame

startRow - The start row (0 if you have just one row)

Returns:

Get the animation object from a sprite sheet

loadAnimation

public static Animation loadAnimation(String path,
 int speed,
 Dimension frameDimension)

loadSoundEffect

public static SoundEffect loadSoundEffect(String... names)